On 13-01-07 05:19 PM, Prof J C Nash (U30A) wrote:
In another post, Spencer mentions hot running. Agreed. About BIOS upgrade, I don't think I did that. I'm not home until mid-Feb, so cannot check BIOS version (unit behind firewall). Maybe my unit was shipped a bit later than yours. I know I did one BIOS upgrade on something, but I don't think it was the Koolu. This seems to be of sufficient interest to suggest as a meeting topic. Maybe OCLUG could do a "design project" where we choose parts and set them up and report the setup and provide image of the s/w. It looks like there are several folk interested.
I bought a litte Zotac computer for around $225 for my 80 year old dad, and it does everything needed for the NAS application. It uses almost no power, has everything built in and doesn't confuse an 80 year old. I run Ubuntu on it for him and use an SSH tunnel to pipe through VNC for remote "help" so I can show him how to do things from across the province. It isn't going to make a Call of Duty fiend happy, but I could not think of a better box to build a NAS platform in. Bought it at Canada Computers on 10th line here in the far east. Been running for a year and a bit now without incident. Quiet and cool enough that he just leaves it running (and he would complain without hesitation). -- Bill